Automatic revolving advertising and showing machine.



No. 770,764. PATE TED SEPT. 27, 1904.

. A. MARIOLLE. AnToMATIo REVOLVING ADVERTISING AND SHOWING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

7 N0 MODEL. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WA-AZ a AWE/2'1) PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

A. MARIOLLE.

AUTOMATIC REVOLVING ADVERTISING AND SHOWING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

NO MODEL.

No. 770,764. PATENI'ED SEPT. 27, 1904.

A. MARIOLLE. AUTOMATIC REVOLVING ADVERTISING AND SHOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

NO MODEL. 7 5 SHEETSSHEET 3.

N0. 770,764v PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

' A. MARIOLLE. I AUTOMATIC REVOLVING ADVERTISING AND SHOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1903.

N0 MODEL. 5 SHEETSSHEET 4.

No. 770,764. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

A. MARIOLLE. v AUTOMATIC REVOLVING ADVERTISING AND SHOWING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILE-1) JUNE 20, 1903. N0 MODEL. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

UNITED STATES Patented September 27', 1904.

PATENT OEErcE.

AUGUSTE MARIOLLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC REVOLVING ADVERTISING AND SHOWING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,764, datedSeptember 27, 1904.

Application filed June 20, 1903. Serial No. 162,878. (No model.)

To aZZ whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUs-UsTE MARIOLLE, a citizen of the French Republic,and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Automatic Revolving Advertising and Showing Machine, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in automatic advertising andshowing machines and the like in which a certain number of frames, madeof any suitable flexible material and bearing pictures of any kindfastened thereto, are vertically supported on several endless chainshaving an automatic step-bystep movement, said frames being successivelybrought in front of the machine, when they are taken one after the otherand driven around a casing cylindrical in top, half-cylindricalhalf-rectangular in low, part, glazed in front and rear, until theyreach a point at the rear diametrically opposite to the starting-point,and where they are stopped. The two flattened parts are provided withglasses, allowing the pictures or advertisements to be seen throughthem, as are also two openings for the change of the frames.

Another object of this invention is to avoid any folding or rolling ofthe pictures to be shown, said pictures thus being never spoiled, andalso to allow an exposure of the whole frames on both sides of thecasing for a time, according to the speed of the intermittent drivingmovement. Moreover, this machine may be made of any size and in severalforms,

allowing the exhibition of a'great quantity of frames and its effectiveuse for very diverse purposestoys, popular exhibitions, museums,schools, conferences, advertising business, &c.

These objects are attained by the mechanism described below, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a planview of the upper part, the top removed and the first partitionpartially cut away, showing the upper part of the driving system. Fig. 1is a plan view of the lower part, showing the operating connections, thesupporting and changing devices, and the lower part of the drivingsystem. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the interior of the machine, thecasing being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of theinterior of the machine, the casing being shown in section. In Figs. 2and 3 the driving-arm is not shown as in Figs. 1 and 1 purposely to givea view of the driving mechanism in several positions. Fig. 4 is adetailview of a portion of the driving-chain. Fig. 5 is a front view of theoperating system. Fig. 6 is a side view of the operating system. Fig. 7is a front view of the driving system. Fig. 8 is a side view of thedriving system. Fig. 9 is a front view of the device giving thestep-by-step movement to the supporting and changing system. Fig. 10 isa side view of the same.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

the operating system comprises a power-shaft a, with a pulley 7) mountedthereon at one end, said shaft being rotated either by crank or anysuitable motorsuch as dynamo, gasengine, or clock-movement-according tothe size and use. On the opposite end of the shaft a a gear 0 ismounted, which connects with a similar gear 0 on shaft d by means of achain c, the said chain a being provided with a finger f, controllingthe automatic movement of the driving system, and another finger, c', atright angles with the former to give the stepby step movement of thesupporting ant changing device. When the machine is started, theoperating system is given an uninterrupted movement; but the chain cconnects only once for each turn with the especiallyconstructed parts ofthe driving and supporting devices and according to its speed or lengthgives more or less time of exposure of the frames.

The supporting and changing device comprises three parallel shafts 0 s2,, horizontally placed between the partitions m and mi, each of saidshafts carrying, respectively, three similar gears mounted thereon andindicated by reference-letters p 9 19 q q 9 r 1* T The said gears arerespectively connected with the similar chains to a 16 which areprovided with upwardly-projecting lugs or fingers, between which thelower edges of the frames will be inserted. The shaft 0 has aratchet-wheel n, especially constructed to be engaged by the resilientlever j, connecting with the operating system. Every time the lever y',pivoted at is to a stud Z, secured to the partition m, is operated bythe finger of the chain 6 a slight movement is given to theratchet-wheel n, and consequently to the frame supporting and carryingchains u a a through the shaft 0 and gears p p 19 mounted thereon. Bythis action the whole device has advanced a tooth.

On the side of the partition m are secured horizontal lugs 0. J ournaledtherein are shafts g, carrying horizontal cog-wheels h it, looselymounted thereon, said wheels driving a chain similar to those of thesupporting system and whose object is the proper spacing and maintainingof the frames.

The driving system comprises a partiallycut-away gear h, receivingmotion from the operating system. A pin 9 is secured to the face of saidgear and perpendicularly thereto. Every time the finger f of the chain 6acts upon the pin g the teeth of the gear it are thrown into engagementwith the chain 6 and a whole turn is given to the gear h, after whichthe motion is stopped on account of the cut-away portion of the gearfreeing the chain a. This movement is transmitted by a belt r through apulley or wheel 8 of same diameter and mounted on same shaft as gear it,to a similar pulley t, mounted on shaft n at the upper part of thecasing, said shaft n being journaled in the partition p m and providedin its middle portion with a worm 'w, transmitting the said motion to ahorizontal pinion f, secured to a vertical shaft 25 actuating ahorizontal arm 2', which carries a downwardly-projecting device Z,loosely fitted into a hole at the end of said arm a. The shaft 6 passesthrough the partition 17 and is mounted on partition 19 and top. Thedevice Z, actuated by the arm i, is intended to catch and drive theframes around the casing. To this end two tracks 0 0 are provided aroundthe casing, secured on walls and partitions and passing parallelly tothe frames. Upon said tracks run two pairs of wheels 11. of, n aconnected at their axles by a vertical rod (1, the axle of the upperpair being fastened to the loosely-fitted device Z, above referred to.Secured to the rod q and near its two ends are two hook-shaped catches7' r provided with springs normally pushing them forward against theframes when passing in front of them and by reason of such pressureentering the holes t t at the upper and lower part of the frames whenthey meet them. By this combination and when the driving system is inmotion the frame in the holes of which the hooks are located is takenand then driven away by the carriage running around the casing andbrought to a point at the rear diametrically opposite to thestarting-point, where the hooks striking the abutments s s, placed intheir way, are thrown out of engagement with the frame, leaving thelatter resting on the supporting-chains u 2/10 while the carriage,proceeding in its movement, comes in front, puts the hooks in engagementwith another frame, and stops at this moment, waiting another impulse ofthe operating system.

As indicated by the above description, the lever j, controlling thestep-by-step movement of the supporting and changing device, is to bestruck by the finger t' of the chain 6 when the rear part of the framein motion quits the front side. Therefore another frame is put in frontand free place is ready in rear side to receive the said frame inmotion. When the mechanism is at rest, the hooks are located in theholes t t of the frame, which is the initial point of the circularmovement of the arm a".

The abutments s s, as seen in Fig. 8, are simply iron pieces firmlyfixed to the partitions and located in the way of the hooks, as seen inFigs. 1, 1, between the tracks and the supporting device just oppositeto the point where the frame drawn by the hooks must be stopped. Thehooks meeting the abutments in their way act upon their springs and inthis movement leave the frame in proper place. Compelled by the saidsprings the hooks take again their former position when they have turnedafter the abutments.

The frames, as seen in Fig. 2, consist of four thin strips of flexiblematerial a a a 66*, maintaining a piece of canvas over which thepictures or advertising matters are tobe pasted or fastened. Thesematters must be pasted or fastened over the two sides, the machineshowing them alternatively. In the lower and upper strips are two holes2/ t in one side and two similar holes in the other side. These holesare of use alternately, the hooks catching the frame only in theposition shown in Fig. 3 at the openings t t.

The fingers of the supporting-chains art a may be constructed verylightly, as they are intended only for the proper spacing of the frames.Chains well undulated may be sulficient.

From the foregoing the operation of the machine is as follows: The chain6 being actu given a whole turn, transmitting the movement to the pulleyz." and shaft at through the belt T and consequently drives the worm'10, which engages the pinion f on shaft t At the same time the arm 7."turns, pulling its member Z; The frame in the holes of which the hooksare engaged is then driven around the casing until the hooks meeting theabutments 8 leave the frame at the rear. During this operation and inproper time the support ing device has advanced a tooth, substantiallyas set forth, and brought another frame in front. The hooks proceedingon their way to enter the holes of another frame, which will be drivenaway in its time in the same manner.

Various forms and dispositions may be given to this machine and themechanism may be placed at either side, all at the top or all at thebottom, according to the use or size, and the same devices, althoughlocated in different places, will allow of same or more exposures andchanges of the frames without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having described my invention and in what manner it operates, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an automatic advertising and showing machine, the combination of amoving chain, a projecting finger z',secured thereto, and intended tostart the movement of other apparatus at each turn of the said chain;with a ratchetwheel giving a step by-step movement, substantially asdescribed, to a mechanism composed of several chains actuated in unisonby gears mounted on horizontal parallel shafts and supporting a certainnumber of frames made of canvas surrounded by any suitable flexiblematerial and provided with holes allowing their being grasped,substantially as set forth.

2. In an automatic advertising and showing machine, the combination of amoving chain, a projecting finger f, secured thereto,and intended tostart the movement of other apparatus at each turn of the said chain;with a partially-cutaway gear, intended, according to its describedconstruction, to make only one rotation with each turn of the movingchain, when struck by the finger f of the said chain, this gear givingmotion to the Whole driving mechanism except when presenting itscut-away portion to the chain substantially as set forth.

In an automatic advertising and showing machine, the combination of amoving chain, a finger f secured thereto, apartially-cut-away gearoperated by said chain, and intended, according to its describedconstruction, to make only one rotation with each turn of the movingchain, when struck by the finger f of the said chain, this gear givingmotion to the whole driving mechanism except when presenting itscut-away portion to the chain; a horizontal shaft, a Worm thereon, andamechanism, as described, transmitting the said motion to saidhorizontal shaft.

4. In an automatic advertising and showing machine, the combination of amoving chain, a finger f secured thereto, a partially-cut-away gearoperated by said chain, and intended to make only one rotation with eachturn of the moving chain, when struck by the finger f of the said chain,this gear giving motion to the whole driving mechanism except whenpresentingits cut-away portion to the chain, a horizontal shaft, a wormthereon; a mechanism transmitting the said motion to said horizontalshaft; a vertical shaft, a pinion thereon meshing with the said worm;and an arm driven by the said vertical shaft, substantially as setforth.

5. In an automatic advertising and showing machine, the combination of asupporting system, a moving chain, afinger f secured thereto, apartially-cut-away gear intended to make only one rotation with eachturn of the moving chain, when struck by the finger f of the said chain,this gear giving motion to the whole mechanism except when presentingits cut-away portion to the chain, a horizontal shaft, a worm thereon; amechanism transmitting the said motion to said horizontal shaft; avertical shaft, a pinion thereon meshing with the said worm; an armdriven by the said vertical shaft; with a downwardlyprojecting deviceloosely fitted in a hole of the said arm; a rod, fastened to thedownwardly-projecting device, two parallelly-super-posed tracks,connecting wheels running as described on said tracks; and two resilienthook-shaped devices, located on the said rod and intended to catch theframe waiting at the front side upon the supporting system and carry thesaid frame to its proper second position in rear side, where the saidframe is stopped in a diametrically opposite point, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTE MARIOLLE.

Witnesses:

N. L. BRITTAN, JoHN K. SMALL.

